St. Patrick
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Do you Remember?

1.    How was Patrick first brought toIreland?_________________________________________________
 

2.    On what mountain did he mind sheep and pigs?____________________________________________
 

3.    What message did he receive in his dream?_______________________________________________
 

4.    At home, what voices did he hear in his dreams?___________________________________________
 

5.    Who sent him back to Ireland to preach to the people about Jesus?____________________________
 

6.    Where did the High King of Ireland live?_________________________________________________
 

7.    Where did Patrick light his fire?________________________________________________________
 

8.    Who was Aengus?___________________________________________________________________
 

9.    What happened when Patrick went to stick the crozier in the ground?__________________________
 

         ________________________________________________________________________________
 

10.    Why did Aengus not complain or cry out with pain?_______________________________________
 
 


Working with Nouns.

noun is a person a place or a thing.   Examples:   road, school, man, John, Mary, Dublin.

A Proper noun is the name of a person, a place or a country.
John   is a proper noun.
Dublin is a proper noun.
Ireland is a proper noun.
Proper nouns all begin with a Capital letter.

Common nouns are used to describe everyday things.
Examples:  man, woman, boy, girl, door, window, street, country etc.

From the list below say whether the nouns are common or proper.

Aengus____________________            Patrick_________________
 

 crozier____________________            Tara    ____________________
 

 sheep   ________________                   slave   ____________________
 

Slane   ___________________              dream  ________________
 

France____________________             bishop  __________________
 

Sliabh Mis_____________                     Britain____________________
 
 



Re-write the following passage and insert the correct nouns in the spaces  provided.  Say whether they are common or proper nouns.
(P) stands for Proper.
(C) stands for Common

On the 17th of March (P) every year John's father drove the car  (C)  to the local ____________(   ) to see the St. Patrick's day ____________(  ).

This year Brigid was asked to take part in the parade.  She was chosen to dance with a group of ________________(  ) from her class by their

teacher on the G.A.A. float.  She was delighted to be chosen.  Her ______________(  ) Mrs. Jones asked her to wear her dance ______________(  )

as it would add colour and interest to the float.

The float was made by a group of people from the village of __________________(  ).   All the local boys and girls dressed up in the G.A.A. colours

to cheer on the club __________________(  ).

On the day of the parade,  John had made a very large__________________(  ) out of green cardboard with a harp on the centre.  She would be able

to find her family easier in the crowd when John waved the shamrock to and fro.  Brigid's baby sister was delighted to be wearing her lovely green

______________(   ) at the parade.  When the float reached the spot where Brigid's family was standing, John waved the shamrock in the air and

everyone cheered.  Brigid knew that her mother and father were very proud of their ______________(  ) on that very special day.
 

Choose from this list:
 daughter,  shamrock, town, parade, Carrigdonn, children, St. Patricks, teacher, costume, dress

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